Diploma in Front-End Development for Interactive Applications

Program Introduction

Half your friends think you’re a designer. The other half think you’re a coder. You’re interested in both, and neither label quite fits. If that sounds familiar, the Diploma in Front-End Development for Interactive Applications is exactly the place you need to be. 

The KPU Wilson School of Design's two-year program teaches you to design interfaces and then bring them to life in code. You'll build industry-standard skills in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and React. You’ll also learn UX research and UI design, so what you build actually works for the people using it. In your final year, you’ll specialize in motion design or data visualization. Our faculty will teach you how to use AI as a tool, rather than a shortcut. And if you need flexibility, the diploma is available part-time too, so you can build your studies around a job or other commitments.

By the end, you’ll have a portfolio of creative and functional apps and websites. You’ll also have the technical skills and industry connections needed to land the job you want in a growing industry.

What it looks like to apply your creativity in web and app design

You notice details other people miss. Why one website feels effortless and another one feels clunky. Why an app’s layout makes sense before you’ve tapped a single button. You're the kind of problem-solver who wants to understand both the reasoning behind a design and the code that brings it to life.

You don’t need a coding background or design portfolio to fit in here. What you’ll build instead is dual fluency: the technical skill to build a working interface, and the design thinking to make it work well. Some of you will lean into the creative side of the craft at first. Others will lean towards the technical side. Everyone ends up building both. If you like things to work well and look right, you’re in the right place.

This Wilson School student wants to open his own design studio one day, with the goal of helping his community:

Charleen came into Front-End Development for Interactive Applications with zero coding experience. She’s since picked up the basics of web development, user research, and user experience design, working through project after project along the way. What’s stuck with her most is the “why” behind it all: making things easier for the people who’ll actually use a website or app. She credits the faculty’s decades of industry experience for making the learning curve feel manageable, and says their support has made all the difference. If you’re weighing whether to try this program with no background at all, Charleen's answer is simple: go for it.

“I’m genuinely really loving every part of it. You learn so much, especially if you’ve never done anything like this before. And the professors really care about you. Like, they really want you to succeed.”